投稿者: hiro

Frankie Manning Foundation が2019年、その Web 上で５月のフランキーの Birthday Month に合わせて、「Lindy Hop Values」を世界各国語に翻訳して並べてみよう、というプロジェクトを行いました。全部で８種類８色の絵から成っています。日本もそれに参加し、日本語版を作成しました。詳しくはこちらです。

Have you already watched RRR, an Indian dance movie?  If not, hurry up to go to the cinema.   The story is about independence movements in India against the U.K. in 1920s.  And a high light scene for us is that it features ‘SWING’. It is just a couple of seconds, but the impact is super CHOooo awesome.   Never miss it with a huge screen at a cinema! Not with streaming services on a small PC monitor.

TSDS established in  1998 celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2023.  This emblem, badge, patch, wappen, ワッペン, … was specially made for sale. Its diameter is 8cm.    3,000 yen.  Please send an order to TSDS, then pay in cash, by PayPay, or though bank transfer.  Only domestic shipping is available.

Recently I had a successful bid of a historical Japanese swing LP that was lively recorded in Tokyo in 1963. It’s a joint concert with two famous big bands featuring also two fabulous jazz vocalists from Japan and the US.

Count Basie And His Orchestra featuring Chiemi Eri
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Nobuo Hara And His Sharps & Flats featuring Jimmy Witherspoon

Nobuo Hara (1926-2021): The best Japanese swing big band leader ever
Chiemi Eri (1937-1982): Japanese super vocalist who is one of my favorite ones

Some of the tunes were uploaded on YouTube by someone, but those sounds quality was not so good. So, I’d like to play the LP for dancing at Tokyo Swing Night at fai Aoyama on February 1st . Let’s have a good dancing time!

Swing Revival, July, 2020